C7 GENERAL INTEREST LIBRARY ARTICLES

• Astro Kit Camera Drive article describing this compact "poncet" style tracking platform. These were sold as kits in the 1980's as a tracking platform for wide sky astrophotography. The unit illustrated was donated to the collection of Company Seven.

• Astronomy Associations, Clubs, and Societies in the Baltimore-Washington Region

• Advice for Beginners (or Anyone) Seeking to Buy A Telescope Please Read This Before Shopping for A Telescope. This article is a most informative and frank discussion of astronomical telescopes, how to choose them, and how and who market them. Revised August 2002 (868k bytes with images).

• "Advice for Beginners (or Anyone) Seeking to Buy A Telescope" A most informative and frank discussion of astronomical telescopes, how to choose them, and how and who market them. This is a better laid out version of above article but is not as up to date, or comprehensive, and it lacks the on line links that the above .html article has. 377k (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• Cleaning Most Consumer Optics a short "how to" addressing common concerns about cleaning binoculars, telescopes, filters, and other optical accessories.

• Criterion RV-6 Dynascope: these introduced many of us to visual astronomy In January 2008 Company Seven acquired a used Criterion RV-6 Dynascope for our Museum Collection. This is a 6 inch f/8 equatorial reflecting telescope originally sold new in December 1962 and yet this one remains uncommonly complete and original with original sales invoice and some documentation. Our article describes this RV-6 acquired by Company Seven, the production RV-6 models as they were changed over the decades, some history of the Criterion Manufacturing Co. who made this telescope, and insights into the evolution and marketing of these types of instruments from the 1950's through the peak of the space program, and into the 1980's.

• Criterion RV-6 Dynascope Restoration Gallery When in January 2008 Company Seven acquired a used Criterion RV-6 Dynascope for our Museum Collection (see the article listed above) we deliberated about whether or not to disassemble, clean, strip, refinish the instrument to restore its appearance more to like new. When we learned about a collection of images taken by Mr. Tom McDonough who did this to his RV-6, we asked if he would permit Company Seven to create an article around his efforts and he was kind enough to give us permission to use his images in this article.

• Company Seven A brief history, and description of philosophy taken from an interview with the founder of Company Seven.

• Company Seven Modified Pentax 6x7 cm Camera Operation Instructions for use.

• Buying A Computer Controlled Telescope? Advice For those Considering the purchase of "Computer Controlled" Telescopes.

• Experiencing Nova Scotia And Its Amazing Tides From Company Seven's Archives. An overview of how tides form, and an overview of the author's travels through Nova Scotia's Bay of Fundy and Minas Basin, then on to Halifax in June 2004. Well written and illustrated with some amazing photos.

• Formulae and Guidelines Pertaining to Astronomical Telescopes, and Accessories

• Insuring Telescopes, Accessories and Observatories Article explaining the various insurance vehicles available to the consumer, advice on traveling and transporting telescopes, and advice about when and how to file a claim. This article includes a glossary of insurance terms. Incidentally, we have never before seen an article on this subject researched and published elsewhere.

• Optical Techniques: A Brief History of A Brief Company About the company, and a Quantum 6 telescope on display at Company Seven.

• Parfocalizing an Ocular for use with a CCD Camera

• Some Notes on Polar Alignment with Pole Finders by Ray Sterner.

• "Star Watch" Activities: Advice to Those Attending Article geared for the general public.

• "Star Watch" Activities: Advice to News Media Geared for news staff, or others who might wish to film or interview.

• "Uranomaniac 2001.1" Reprint of popular advertisement of ficticious Star Atlas made up by Company Seven in response to the announcement of "Uranometria 2000". Originally published in February 1989 "The C-VII Journal" (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).
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